Optimized integrated Maintenance, Production and Spare Parts Strategy for a Wind Turbine System

Abstract

We address an integrated maintenance/production and spare parts management problem for components of a wind farm where the level of degradation is noticeable. The degradation is established as a function of the actual functioning mode. Spare parts are stored in a local inventory. The costs associated with the supply of spare parts and their renewal are related to the functioning mode. Our goal is to optimize the total current cost of maintenance, production and spare parts related costs over a fixed planning horizon. We formulate the problem of the optimal policy structure, which turns out to be a three-threshold policy in all operating modes. Our numerical results show that the cost reductions achieved by the integrated maintenance, production and spare parts optimization are significant.